Here’s why a 6-year-old deadly measles outbreak in Samoa came up in the RFK Jr. hearing
In 2019, a devastating measles outbreak erupted in Samoa. Eighty-three people, most of them children, died. Another 5,000 ...
RFK Would Be a Disastrous Health Secretary That Puts Lives and Research at Risk, Students Say
In this op-ed, the leaders of Students for Science explain why they don't want Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of ...
Hawaii Governor, a Doctor, Blames Kennedy for Measles Deaths in Samoa
Gov. Josh Green battled a measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children. President Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy, ...
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Doctors opposing RFK Jr. rally in the lead-up to his confirmation
Many health professionals are lining up against Trump's pick for health secretary. They say his anti-vaccine views could cost ...
Samoa’s government embroiled in political turmoil
The instability in Samoa reflects growing turmoil across the Pacific amid social unrest and the US-led war drive aimed at ...
Samoa was facing a measles vaccine crisis. Then RFK Jr. swooped in.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for health secretary, sought to use Samoa’s measles vaccine pause as a "natural ...
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Hawaiʻi students not up to date with routine immunizations
A recent report from the state Department of Health shows that more and more local students are not up to date with their school-required immunizations. According to statistics released earlier this ...
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Huntington metro area employment tops prepandemic level
Employment in the Huntington-Ashland metro area exceeds levels seen when the COVID-19 pandemic began five years ago — the third-best growth rate in the region covered by the Federal Reserve ...
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Vaccination in the post-COVID era: Information, disinformation, and the value of science
When I got home, I reminded my wife to make sure her 94-year-old mother had her flu and COVID-19 vaccines up to date ... In 2019, he visited Samoa and spread disinformation about measles ...
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ICC U-19 Women’s T20 WC warm-up: Sri Lanka trounce Samoa by 76 runs
Sri Lanka cruised to a convincing 76-run win over Samoa in their ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup second warm-up match played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday. Sri Lanka electing to bat ...
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Large UK-wide pandemic preparedness tests planned this year
The plans come in response to the first set of recommendations made by the Covid-19 Inquiry - the ongoing public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. The chair of the inquiry, Baroness ...
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InflaRx wins EU approval for Gohibic in Covid-19-induced ARDS
While the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 pandemic over in May 2023, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is still in global circulation. Data from England’s National Health Service (NHS) in mid ...